Unit: Importance of Good Nutrition and Exercise in ChildrenIn today's society there are so many children that are already obese. This unit will contain at least 3 lessons that include technology. Although it is written for first grade, it would also be appropriate for second graders. The lessons will allow the students to take part in looking at current data, critiquing "why" children are becoming obese, and looking at nutritional facts to become better eaters.
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Grade Level: 1
Subject: Health EducationUnit Plan:
TN Health Standards Addressed: Standard 1: The student will demonstrate the ability to implement decision-making and goal setting skills to promote his/her personal health and wellness, thereby enhancing quality of life for himself/herself and those around him/her. Standard 3: The student will understand the role of body systems as related to healthy living. Standard 4: The student will understand the relationship of physical activity and rest to healthy living. Standard 5: The student will understand the relationship of nutrition to healthy living. ISTE NETS Standards Addressed: Creativity and innovation
Communication and Collaboration
Research and information fluency
Critical thinking, problem-solving & decision-making
Digital citizenship
Technology operations and concepts Using Data to Find The Correlation as to What Makes a Person Overweight
First Lesson: This problem based technology lesson allows the students to devise a survey about eating and exercising habits among first grade students in their school. Critical thinking skills will come into play after graphing the results and deciding how children become obese.
Second Lesson: This second lesson involves a social networking/online collaboration component. Students will skype or email students from other countries using epal to ask them the same questions on the survey that were asked of their classmates in Lesson #1. Students will compare the results. They will then check using research engines to find the obesity rate in other countries.
Third Lesson: This lesson involves digital story-telling where students can make all the facts and information they have learned about (Nutrition, Exercise and Obesity) come to life. Students will have the opportunity to become a nutritious food, a nutrition reporter, exercise instructor and tell facts through digital story-telling.
Unit: Importance of Good Nutrition and Exercise in Children In today's society there are so many children that are already obese. This unit will contain at least 3 lessons that include technology. Although it is written for first grade, it would also be appropriate for second graders. The lessons will allow the students to take part in looking at current data, critiquing "why" children are becoming obese, and looking at nutritional facts to become better eaters.
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Grade Level: 1
Subject: Health EducationUnit Plan:
TN Health Standards Addressed: Standard 1: The student will demonstrate the ability to implement decision-making and goal setting skills to promote his/her personal health and wellness, thereby enhancing quality of life for himself/herself and those around him/her. Standard 3: The student will understand the role of body systems as related to healthy living. Standard 4: The student will understand the relationship of physical activity and rest to healthy living. Standard 5: The student will understand the relationship of nutrition to healthy living.
ISTE NETS Standards Addressed:
Creativity and innovation
Communication and Collaboration
Research and information fluency
Critical thinking, problem-solving & decision-making
Digital citizenship
Technology operations and concepts
Using Data to Find The Correlation as to What Makes a Person Overweight
Eating Habits in Other Countries
Nutrition, Exercise and Obesity Come to Life
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